Win It Wednesday, December 31

Welcome to another WIN IT WEDNESDAY! This week our Win It Wednesday prize is all the supplies to make this Frozen "Let It Go" Shadowbox.

Just Comment and Like the Facebook post to enter to win. A random winner will be announced Thursday, January 1. (Facebook has complete release by each entrant or participant. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.) Winner will be announced on our Crafts Direct Facebook page and has 14 days to claim prize (Winner must pick up in-store or provide shipping address) before it is considered void.

Win It Wednesday, November 26

Welcome to another WIN IT WEDNESDAY! This week our Win It Wednesday is the supplies to make the Keep Calm Wood Boxes.

Just Comment and Like the Crafts Direct Facebook post to enter to win. A random winner will be announced Friday, November 28th, 2014. (Facebook has complete release by each entrant or participant. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.) Winner will be announced on our Crafts Direct Facebook page and has 14 days to claim prize (Winner must pick up in-store or provide shipping address) before it is considered void.

If you just cannot wait to see if you have won this adorable project, you can purchase all the supplies and create it yourself. See the project sheet link below.

 

Keep Calm Wood Boxes Project Directions

Win It Wednesday (November 5)

Welcome to another WIN IT WEDNESDAY! This week our Win It Wednesday is all the products to make a 5x5 Give Thanks Tile.

Just Comment and Like the Facebook post to enter to win. A random winner will be announced Thursday, November 6, 2014. (Facebook has complete release by each entrant or participant. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.) Winner will be announced on our Crafts Direct Facebook page and has 14 days to claim prize (Winner must pick up in-store or provide shipping address) before it is considered void.

If you can't wait until the drawing, you can buy the supplies now! We have a project sheet available online and in-store! 

Give Thanks 5x5 Tile

Weekend Events: Gift Card Holder Make & Take.

Join us this Saturday from 1-3pm at our Paper Crafts Demo Counter for a FREE Make & Take project! We will be walking you through the steps to make this cute Gift Card Holder using fun Spring Paper and Embellishments Doodlebug Designs. 

We hope to see you there!

Win It Wednesday: Doodlebug Designs Spring Set.

Welcome to another WIN IT WEDNESDAY! This week our Win It Wednesday Giveaway is this set of Spring Crafting Items by Doodlebug Designs. The set includes: a bottle of Limeade Sequins, a sheet of Bunnies Cardstock Stickers, and a 15 count package of Treat Bags.


Remember - to be entered to win - go to our Facebook Page and COMMENT & LIKE the Win It Wednesday post to get yourself in the running to WIN! Good Luck.

*A random winner will be announced Thursday, March 13th, 2014. (Facebook has complete release by each entrant or participant. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.) Winner will be announced on our Crafts Direct Facebook page and has 14 days to claim prize before it is considered void.

Win It Wednesday: Valentine Gift Bag Kit.

It's time for another WIN IT WEDNESDAY!!

This week's WIN IT WEDNESDAY is a kit of items we pulled together that would be perfect for creating some Valentine Gift Bags. The prize includes: Polka Dot Gift Bags, Mini Red Clothespins, Washi Tape and Beetle Black Twine.

Remember - to be entered to win - go to our Facebook Page and LIKE, COMMENT and SHARE the Win It Wednesday post to get yourself in the running to WIN! Good Luck.

Project Ideas: Christmas Countdown Ideas.

At the beginning of the month I shared the Christmas Advent House project idea that we had created - today I wanted to share a couple additional ideas our team has created for counting down to Christmas.

First up, this Countdown Calendar that uses a simple frame, twine, and paper envelopes decorated with paper and embellishments from the Doodlebug Home for the Holidays line.

The second project uses a white paper tree - that already comes put together and ready to decorate! For this piece we then used paper and embellishments from the Simple Stories December Documented line to embellish the drawers and vinyl numbers to add the numbers for the countdown. You can find project instructions for this project on our website HERE.

Project Ideas: Doodlebug Halloween Parade.

Somehow we have arrived in October...which of course brings with it Halloween and all the fun Halloween crafting projects to create too!

Today I wanted to share a couple projects that our designer Sarah Lynn created using the Doodlebug Halloween Parade line.

These pillow boxes would make great party favors or packages for special treat or treaters at Halloween. You can find project instructions for the Pillow Boxes HERE.

She also used the line to create this magnetic board and coordinating magnets - a great decor piece and of course useful to hold notes or photos throughout the month too! You can find project instructions for the Magnetic Board HERE.

Upcoming Events: Make & Takes, Demos and Samples!

We have so many fun events coming up this week!!

I'm very excited to share all that we have planned for this week. We are thrilled to have American Crafts and Simple Stories coming to Crafts Direct on Thursday and they will each be offering Free Make & Take projects. 

On Saturday we are also lucky to have Doodlebug Designs coming for a Free Make and Take. In addition to the visits from the paper crafting companies we are also offering a Make & Take, a product demo of the Loom Bands, and Wind & Willow samples on Saturday as part of our Anniversary Ad celebration! 

More information on each event - along with dates, times, and locations can be found below. (You can check out the complete calendar with a listing of all the events HERE.)

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On Thursday (Sept. 19th) from 2-4pm American Crafts will be offering a Free Make & Take at our Paper Crafts demo counter. We will be making these great embellished Hot Chocolate Packet holders. More info HERE.

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On Thursday (Sept. 19th) from 5-7pm Simple Stories will be here offering a Free Make & Take at our Paper Crafts demo counter. We will be making these 6x8 Snap book Pages. More info HERE.

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On Saturday (Sept. 21st) we also have some fun things planned - from 1-3pm at our Paper Crafts Demo counter our instructor Heather will be here to help you with a Free Make & Take project - where we will be making these adorable Halloween Photo Tags. More info HERE.

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Saturday from 1-3pm in our Kitchen Display room will be offering samples of a few of the Wind & Willow Dip and Dessert Mixes. More info HERE.

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Also from 1-3pm on Saturday we will be offering a demonstration on making Loom Band Bracelets at our Paints & Basics demo counter - this is great way to learn the basics and get started on your own set of Loom Band Bracelets! More info HERE.

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And finally on Saturday from 6-8pm Doodlebug Designs will be here and offering a Free Make & Take creating this fun Fall Card. You can join them at our Paper Crafts demo counter. More info HERE.

 

Project Ideas: Doodlebug Happy Harvest

I wanted to share one more post today - to show you these adorable layouts, card and project that our designer Sarah Lynn created using the Doodlebug Happy Harvest line! All of us here especially love this Keep Calm and Gobble On Easel. Wouldn't it be a great addition to your fall decor, or a great piece for your Thanksgiving table setting?!

You can find a project sheet with instructions on how to make one for yourself HERE.

Also be sure to pick up a few extra pieces from the Doodlebug line and make a layout or card too!

Project Ideas: Stars & Stripes Glass Block

In addition to the Washi Tape projects, today I also wanted to share this fun Stars & Strips Glass Block with you. Perfect if you are looking for a fun piece to add to your home or outside entertaining area on the 4th of July this year - and would be fitting for the remainder of the month as well.

Created using a glass jar, lights, and pieces from the Doodlebug Stars and Stripes line - we have a project sheet with all the directions on how to put one together yourself on our website HERE.

Project Ideas: Take Note Magnetic Board

Just a quick project idea to share with you today...but one that I absolutely LOVE. Using one of our magnetic boards along with some paper and sticker embellishments from the Doodlebug Take Note line Melissa created this adorable magnetic organizer for us! I especially love the pushpin magnets she created using glass marbles so you can attach any notes or photos right to the little daily "clipboards".

If you would like to create your own magnetic board we have the list of supplies and project instructions on our website HERE.

Doodlebug Ornaments.

I wanted to share a quick post this afternoon and show you the ornaments that our Paper Crafts Department had created for a little tree they have displayed in their department. All of the ornaments were created with Doodlebug Designs paper and embellishments- and a few with additional supplies of disc ornaments, punches, filler, etc. The end results are so cute...and you get to play with fun scrapbooking supplies to create them too!

25 Days of Christmas 2012: Day 1

Day 1: Christmas Countdown Calendar

Hi Everyone! Welcome to our 25 days of Christmas countdown - where we will be sharing fun Christmas project ideas everyday until December 25th!

The first project I wanted to share with you is this Christmas Countdown calendar. Perfect for an advent countdown through the month - the little drawers can be filled with treats, a small gift, or even just a piece of paper with a activity idea for that particular day. The kit (the frame and the boxes) is sold as a plain piece so you can decorate it with any paper line or color scheme you would like. For this particular sample we used the Doodlebug Christmas line of papers, stickers, and embellishments.

Doodlebug Layouts & Treat Bag.

And finally today, a few layout ideas for all those Halloween pictures you will have next week. Sarah Lynn created these projects using the very cute Doodlebug Monster Mania line. In addition to the scrapbooking layouts she also used the line to create the fun treat bag, which would be great for anyone that you wanted to share some Halloween treats with.

Thank you so much for joining me the past couple weeks as we counted down to Halloween. I hope we've inspired you to do some Halloween crafting of your own and hope you all have a wonderful Halloween!

Our CHA Finds!

Two days of the Craft and Hobby convention in Chicago are over! We've seen so many new Scrapbooking products, many of them Halloween, Fall, or Christmas themed (already?!?). We could go on and on about all the new, amazing things we've seen... but here's a list of a few of our favorites:

1. My Mind's Eye Lost and Found 2, and Christmas. They gave the old line a bit of a make-over... still with glittered die cuts, stamps, brads, and awesome papers. New to the line are adhesive pearls, and 6x6 pads.

2. We R Memory Keepers Sew Ribbon & Sew Stamper. The amazing Sew Easy tool has been remade... into a stamp roller. Now, you can simply stamp the stitching look, instead of having to actually thread the needle! The Sew Ribbon is the same concept as the Sew Easy tool, however you punch your paper with the tool, and weave ribbon into your layout or project. Super cool!



3. Simple Stories... all of their new lines are absolutely amazing! We are already big fans of their scrapbooking papers, and all four of their new lines are better than ever. Pictured is the new Happy Day, birthday themed collection. These papers are awesome, and perfect with the divided We R Memory Keepers page protectors. The other three lines are: Generations, Baby Steps, and 25 Days of Christmas.

4. American Crafts Amy Tangerine. Amy Tangerine is a new designer for the company, and their new line is awesome. This line is great because it is very versatile, and combines the designers love for travel, crafts, and fashion. The line can be used for many of different scrapbooking themes!

5. Doodlebug! Of course we had to mention Doodlebug. A few months ago they came out with their Create-a-Card program... now they've expanded it to make card-making even easier. The rack is now going to have small, dimensional stickers, twine, and "doodles" stickers so you can create your own, inexpensive handmade cards. They also released four new paper lines, that are complete with papers, stickers, and embellishments. (The Halloween lines is ADORABLE, complete with little glittered monsters on it!)



That is just a short list of all the amazing things we've seen in the last couple days. Check back soon to see all of the fun new additions to the Paper Crafts department!

25 Days of Christmas 2010: Day 13

Day 13: Candy Cane Seeds Favor - to sweeten your Christmas. This would be great for a holiday party or to make for a group of friends. My nephew made one of these at our Holiday Open House and gave it to his grandma because she liked candy. I thought was sweet of him. The tubes can be decorated for any occasion and are only $1.

Supplies:

• Candy Cane Seeds printed on white cardstock
• Doodlebug Ladybug(red) double-sided cardstock
• Doodlebug Sugar & Spice Paper 3" x 4 1/4"
• Circle Punches 1 3/8" & 1 1/2"
  
• Colorbox Warm Red Chalk Ink Pad
• We R Memory Keepers Clear Stamps - Holiday Sweets & clear block
  
• Zip Dry Glue (this works the best on plastic when adhering paper)
  

Instructions:

1. From red cardstock cut a strip 3/8" x 4 1/4" and punch a 1 1/2" circle from paper.
2. Using Zip Dry, adhere the sugar & spice paper toward the bottom of the tube. The 4 1/4" length is what gets wrapped around the tube.
3. Adhere the red strip of paper on top of the paper on tube overlapping it if desired.
4. Stamp the peppermint candy on the white cardstock. Adhere, that to the red circle, then the red circle to the tube, using Zip Dry.
5. Fill with peppermint candies.
   

End of the First Day of CHA

Well we are to the end of our first day at CHA and it has been an exciting one. I started the day off by winning a Cricut expression which you can read more about the new Cricut products here. I really enjoyed the new Extreme Glitter by Plaid, as you could see from the post earlier today. My fav from the show was all the new Doodlebug. They always have the cutest booth, and the cutest projects done up using their new product. Another Cute booth was Jilli-bean Soup, loved their product. Buttons were everywhere, and saw some cute samples made using buttons. And LYB has new chipboard albums and matching die cut paper pad to go with them. They also introduced a line for Valentine's Day. It is a cute line, but just seems crazy since it is still summer. More to come tomorrow :)